Hi everyone ... am new here ... based in Cambridge UK ... someone on another thread asked me to introduce myself here as I am new on this forum
recently started aquiring a hifi again (had to sell my previous system as was without work, and had bailiffs knocking on the door) ... sold for peanuts, but thats life I suppose ... miss my IMF TLS80 speakers the most (but am eying the old Ditton 66's now and possibly may get a pair next year aswell as a decent amp to drive them)
so, with a limited budget, have started aquiring some older gear ... over the last 4 months, have bought the following:
Pioneer SA-9800 amp ... £275 off ebay
Marantz CD 63 MKII K1 signature cdp ... £130 off ebay
B&W DM2a speakers (1st version handbuilt 3-way transmissions) ... £50 off ebay
Silver High Breed Coherence interconnect ... £30 new off ebay (new)
Hitachi ssx 102k lc-ofc speaker cable ... £25 off ebay
so total spent = £510 and am delighted with this sytem, but will be upgrading the cdp shortly
also bought a soundstage 5 tier hifi rack for £70 off ebay
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also have a 2nd system in my bedroom
Pioneer A400 amp ... £70 off ebay
Pioneer SX-700L receiver ... £10 off gumtree
Pioneer PD-S702 cdp ... £3 from a carboot sale (mint condition, boxed etc)
Leak Sandwich 200 speakers .... £10 off ebay
Silver High Breed synergy2 interconnect (free when I bought the coherence IC)
not sure what speaker cable I am using as has no name, and bought a box full of old speaker cables from a guy who refurbishes restaurants (paid £8 for the whole box)
dont laugh at this system ... actually sounds very good! (for the £101 paid)
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I will continue to upgrade and keep the better seperates and sell off the crappy ones ... I will definately keep the Pioneer SA-9800 amp and the B&W DM2a speakers ... they work very well together and the speakers were a real bargain ... use the same tweeters and supertweeters as the old Spendor BC1's but have better bass as they are transmission speakers ... my next upgrade on my main system will be the cdp and will look at a good second hand one up to £500 (may possibly have it lampasized as have been reading on google ... very interesting site that)
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my music tastes are very varied and I have a vast cd collection ...(not into vinyl as I do not wish to start buying lp's as it will become very costly) ... enjoy blues, rock, some classical and lately getting into jazz ... (latest 2 cd's bought this week are jazzy ones ... Ernest Ranglin (Below the Bassline) and Dave Bubeck's greatest hits ...I tend to buy 3-4 cd's a week and must have over 700 cd's now
I also listen to spotify and will look at connecting spotify on my pc to my hifi later next year
am a senior design engineer (mechanical) ... and am married with 3 children .... originally from south africa and been in the UK for 9 years now